“DREAM: Japan GP Final” takes place at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. No North American broadcast plans have been announced for the event (officially dubbed “Fight for Japan: DREAM Japan GP Final – 2011 Bantamweight Japan Tournament Final”).

DREAM officials announced that Freire suffered a hand injury with potentially torn ligaments.

His replacement, Fickett, makes his DREAM debut while looking to bounce back from a June MFC loss to Brian Cobb. The TKO defeat snapped Fickett’s five-fight win streak, which followed a 1-7 skid he suffered from 2008-2009. He now meets Kawajiri, who fights for the first time since an April title loss to Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez. Two fights prior (and in his most recent DREAM bout), the former top-ranked lightweight suffered a title loss to DREAM champ Shinya Aoki at DREAM.15. Both losses came via first-round stoppage.

Prangley, who’s recently competed for Strikeforce, makes his DREAM debut on the heels of a 1-2-1 streak. Most recently, he suffered a submission loss to Roger Gracie at “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg.” The South African, who’s also a UFC vet and former BodogFIGHT champion, went 11-1 before the recent skid. He looks to get back on track against Mizuno, whose near-.500 record includes losses to many notables, including Thiago Silva, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Gegard Mousasi and Sergei Kharitonov. His lone DREAM win came over striker Melvin Manhoef a year ago at DREAM.15.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?